Vine, the · Torrey

Often found wild 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10
CULTIVATED
In vineyards from the time of Noah Ge 9:20
On the sides of hills Jer 31:5
In the valleys So 6:11
By the walls of houses Ps 128:3
Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5
Canaan abounded in De 6:11; 8:8
PLACES CELEBRATED FOR
Eshcol Nu 13:23,24
Sibmah Isa 16:8,9
Lebanon Ho 14:7
Egypt Ps 78:47; 80:8
The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed Eze 17:6
Of Sodom bad and unfit for use De 32:32
Often degenerated Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21
Frequently injured by hail and frost Ps 78:47; 105:32,33
Foxes destructive to So 2:15
The wild boar destructive to Ps 80:13
THE FRUIT OF
Called grapes Ge 40:10
Peculiarly sour when unripe Jer 31:30
Eaten fresh from the tree De 23:24
Eaten dried 1Sa 25:18; 30:12
Sold in the markets Ne 13:15
Made into wine De 32:14; Mt 26:29
The wood of, fit only for burning Eze 15:2-5
Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots Ge 49:11
Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year Nu 13:20
Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers So 2:13; Ho 14:7
God made, fruitful for his people when obedient Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12
Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19
Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection Job 15:33; Mal 3:11
Nazarites prohibited eating any part of Nu 6:3,4
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of Christ Joh 15:1,2
Of Israel Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7
(Its fruitful branches,) of saints Joh 15:5
(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors Joh 15:2,6
(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace Ho 14:7
(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church So 7:8
(Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions Joh 15:2
(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked Eze 15:6,7
(Unfruitful,) of the wicked Ho 10:1
(Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10
Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2

The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.